I wish you lot would please learn, if you are seeking asylum, you don't need a passport. Asylum seekers can cross any border by any means and that is legal. Further, they do not have to stop at the first safe haven, but may move on across more borders until they choose to request asylum, all legal.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5h ago

Breaking News: Flávio Bolsonaro, who just lost Brazil’s presidential election, left the country for the U.S. after the Brazilian police asked for his passport because he was being investigated in a money-laundering case. nyti.ms/4A0AfnN

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

"The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too." The fascists know how to troll you. They waste your time, your effort, your energy. They know they can wear you down and drive you from the field. Do NOT engage with trolls. Say, you're a troll - BLOCKED. Then block them. It is the only way.

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com · 2d ago

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

Thank you so much for a wonderful #Spiel26 ! We hope you enjoyed playing and checking out many games! #boardgames #Essen #Spiel #Essenspiel #EssenSpiel2026 #brettspiel #tabletopgames

Thank you for a wonderful #Spiel26 🤗 I hope you got to try and pick up all the games in your wishlist 🥰 Have a safe journey traveling back home 🤗 #tabletopgames #boardgames #Japan #EssenSpiel

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Hello @yelmelnobrainer.bsky.social nope, I'm not at Essen with @missmerc.bsky.social ! It would have been super to meet you.

Japanese architecture extends beyond houses and temples. This 3D bridge model shows a curved timber deck, railings, and stone approaches that can help anchor a period scene. Browse my 3D work: www.cgtrader.com/designers/ro... #JapaneseArchitecture #3DArt

It's Day 4 at Essen #Spiel26 We hope you are having a great day! Come check out our new games. Only while stocks are available. Find us at : 📍 Hall 6-B301 #boardgames #EssenSpiel #Spiel #Essenspiel2026 #brettspiel #tabletopgames #Funbrick

Yesterday I mentioned to someone the old boardgame Eddie Cantor's "Tell It To The Judge", & his face still jump-scares me every time I look at the board. The game is about getting to the club without acquiring speeding tickets & the caricature is unintentionally sinister.

I hope you had a great Day 3 at Essen #Spiel26 Many people came to support 🎶 Music Nonsense. Thank you! I got to explore the halls a little and get some games 😅 If you're visiting Spiel tomorrow, please come say Hi 🤗 #Japan #boardgames #tabletopgames #essen #spiel26 #brettspiel #MusicNonsense

@hilk.bsky.social Hilko!

Flying past Mt Fuji. youtube.com/shorts/khB8r...

Flying past Mt Fuji in August 2026. #japan #fuji #mtfuji #travel #flying #holiday #mountain

YouTube video by Jon Power

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BEVs. Seeing BEVs everywhere, not hybrids, on a daily basis is astonishing. I hope to see the end of petrol before I die.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 4d ago

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

. @japanesetalk.bsky.social I am interested in how you take physical notes learning JPN. That is, I have one notebook of word lists of nouns, and loose sheets to write kana and practice. Now I want to learn verbs. So do you have advice on physical set up? How are you organised please? How do others?

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges

Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Oct. 23, 1926: The opening ceremony for Meiji Jingu Stadium, a sports venue in Tokyo's Shinjuku section that is operated by the Meiji Shrine of Shinto. In the first game played there. Meiji University's Red Squad beats the White Squad, 5-1. The park still stands in 2026.

In the UK, motorists killed over 3000 people a year. I checked up on this recently, and the total is down to around 1700* since 2014. Which is a significant drop I was unaware of. *although part of it may be dodgy reporting.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 4d ago

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

I suspect Anton's calculations are slightly off.

100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 4d ago

Oct. 23, 1926: Austrian inventor Anton Lutsch, in front and back views, says his motorized wings will allow all people to have their own personal aircraft.

Oct. 23, 1926: A Frenchman is arrested on charges of spying for Germany as he’s about to leave the Gare de l’Est in Paris on a train for Cologne. Maurice Charton is caught with plans showing France’s military dispositions in case of a future war with Germany.

Day 2 of Essen #Spiel26 is here 🤗 Today I'll be demoing & signing Mystery Chain with Paul and Arno at 13:00 Please stop by to try it out. We're looking forward to saying Hi! 🥰 We'll be at: 📍Hall 6-B301 #Japan #boardgames #tabletopgames #essen #spiel26 #brettspiel #MysteryChain #ittengames

Today: Lunar libration maximum toward the West #Astronomy #Moon

An archive of Omni magazine (1978-1995), courtesy of the Internet Archive. “Omni was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science, parapsychology, and short works of science fiction and fantasy.” [archive.org]

OMNI Magazine Archive

Omni was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science, parapsychology, and short works of science fiction and fantasy. It was published as a print version between October 1978 and 1995. The first Omni e-magazine was published on CompuServe in 1986.

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People forget how so many modernisms were always scandalous and shocking. Operas (Figaro, Carmen), impressionism, cubism, punk, critics are horrified by what then becomes normal and then classic. It was ever thus.

100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hemingway’s unconventionality baffles some critics—a reviewer for his hometown paper, the Chicago Tribune, is left “plain angry.” For all the ups and downs in the writer’s reputation since then, however, “The Sun Also Rises” is ranked high in the canon of modern literature.

The book’s characteristic style is short, declarative sentences bare of ornament, conveying much that’s left unsaid. This type of prose, later a cliché of hard-boiled fiction, is revolutionary for its time. Hemingway says he is impressed by Henry James’ observation that WWI had “used up words.”

Oct. 22, 1926: Harry Houdini takes a punch to the stomach during a vaudeville date in Montreal. Nine days later, the great magician and escape artist will die of an abdominal infection brought about by a burst appendix at 52. Did this blow kill him?

@mulboyne.bsky.social Is this story being covered in JPN media? english.news.cn/20261020/50d... My JPN friend told me about it, and how the story only spread on SNS in Japan.